To honor the history of the facility as a teaching hospital and preserve the sense of a beloved community hospital as well as the commitment of its physicians, teachers and staff, while easing the transition to a new large regional hospital.

Also to create a playful, relaxing environment in the labor and delivery patient lounge. Wanting something that would appeal to both children and adults, we arrived at a family of egrets on a nest, birds that are readily spotted in Sonoma County and a playful stand in for the stork of nursery rhymes.